Vatican, Rome - Hardcover

Art Treasures of the Vatican Library Book by Leonard Von Matt

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Plates bright and vivid. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1970, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Art Treasures of the Vatican Library presents the papal collections of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, described as an integral and important part of the Vatican Museums. The book focuses on the Museo Sacro and the Museo Profano, where preserved wall paintings from Antiquity sit alongside a collection of Early Christian art. Its objects include ivory carvings, cameos, silver and glass vessels, enamelwork, icons and finds from the catacombs, as well as reliquaries from the Sancta Sanctorum Chapel of the Lateran.Photographs by Leonard von Matt document these collections in colour and black and white. The Vatican authorities gave him exceptional facilities to use contemporary photographic aids and techniques, producing documentation notable for its scope and quality. The book selects photographs from that body of work to portray the breadth of the Vatican Library?s art collections. (OS). Artikel-Nr. Batch-FM794-VG-15645

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